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Marijuana is newly legal in Colorado and voters are deciding next week how to tax it. How do state pot taxes compare to other so-called "sin taxes," charges on goods deemed unnecessary or even harmful?

A pro-pot jingle in Colorado last year went like this: "Jobs for our people/Money for schools/Who could ask for more?" Nearly a year after Colorado legalized recreational weed, voters get the chance to decide exactly how much more _ in taxes.